Kyowa Kirin said on October 3 that it has withdrawn an application seeking Japanese regulatory approval for Lumicef (brodalumab), an anti-interleukin-17 (IL-17) receptor A antibody, for an additional indication of systemic sclerosis. In a release, the company said that it…
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